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ArticleSettler Colonialism and Afrikaner Nationalism
The rise of Afrikaner Nationalism like Capitalism and African Nationalism profoundly shaped the history of the country, and continues to influence the…
87. Today’s lessons are tomorrow’s weapons for students
… students on black campuses were politically active in the 1970s. We have included two documents that illustrate the …
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
Introduction The Constitutional Court’s ruling that Afrikaans as a language of instruction has to be content with a marginal place at Stellenbosch…
ArchiveIntroduction by Howard Barrell
… policy within its unfolding context. Much changed in the 1970s and 1980s. The southern African region experienced five …
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
Following the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, the Government declared a State of Emergency (SOE), in 83 magisterial districts – the first state of emergency…
PlaceDoornfontein, Johannesburg
Doornfontein is a Suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is located just to the East of the City Centre. The Area of Doornfontein, which means thorn…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
1895 The Kinetescope (invented by Thomas Edison) was a box in which people could see a moving image. The first Kinetescopes in South Africa were opened…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
Pre-1804 Khoisan hunter gatherers are the first inhabitants of the region, before Sotho-Tswana peoples colonized the general region between the third and…
ArticleTransport and General Workers Union (TGWU)
The Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) was founded in 1973. It organised in the passenger transport, goods transport, stevedores, motor ferry,…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Topic NEW FACTORIES, NEW WORKERS described how rapid…
The adoption of the Freedom Charter
The Freedom Charter was not adopted immediately by the ANC. The executives of the four organisations of the Congress Alliance met at the beginning of August…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
uMkhonto weSizwe (Spear of the Nation or MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), was jointly formed by leading members of the banned ANC…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
In the late 1950s Ottilie Schimming Abrahams was among the first generation of Namibian students who pursued post-secondary education in Cape Town. Ottilie…
Chapter VII - The 1980’s
… Mary Moodley and Lilian Ngoyi, died at the end of the 1970s. They had both dedicated their lives to the struggle …
ArticleXhosa
The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
Like all other Black ethnic groups, the Coloureds also fell victim to segregation and repressive legislations enacted by Colonial and successive governments…
ArchiveCHAPTER FOUR: The Revival Of Alliance Politics, 1982-1984 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
EventSA’s Fifa membership reinstated
Thirty-one years after being expelled, South Africa had its membership of the Football International Federation Association (Fifa) reinstated on 3 July 1992…
ArchiveRemembering the Blue Notes: South Africa’s first generation of free jazz by Gwen Ansell, 11 September 2017
“We were all kind of rebels,” drummer Louis Tebogo Moholo-Moholo recalls, “so, like birds of a feather, [we] flocked together.” He’s talking about the Blue…
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
Although Apartheid only ‘officially’ started in 1948, repression was rife in South Africa long before that date. This special project examines the Freedom…
Natal Performing Arts Council (NAPAC)
NAPAC was founded on 25 July 1963 under Chris Lombard as the first director. The first office premises were two small offices in Acutt Street, Durban. They…
Women in the apartheid society by Fatima Meer
… of the labour surplus, which began during the 1960s and 1970s steadily continues. Some economists argue that this …
Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016
Key facts and history of Burkina Faso from the 2015 elections and coup attempt to independence in 1960. Overview: Burkina Faso's poor economic outlook and…
ADDRESS AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, 13 June 2001
Honourable Speaker, First Minister, Ministers, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am greatly honoured that you have given us the opportunity to…
PlaceBenin
Benin’s political history after colonialism was characterized by an early period of multiparty competition that proved unstable, and multiple interventions by…
ArticleMafika Pascal Gwala Annual Lecture
The Mafika Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both the University of Kwa Zulu…
ArticleMafika Gwala Third Annual Lecture, 5 October 2017
The Mafika Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both the University of Kwa Zulu…
Review Essay: Crisis, History and the Challenge of Reinvention in the Postcolonial: The African National Congress after Apartheid by Laurence Piper
Susan Booysen. 2011. The African National Congress and the Regeneration of Political Power. Johannesburg: Wits University Press. Anthony Butler. 2012. The…
Imvaba Arts Association
Established in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, in 1986, Imvaba Arts Association worked closely with artists in New Brighton, Kwazakhele and Motherwell townships…
Bibliographical note and further reading
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai For the serious researcher investigating any aspect…